Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Potpourri -- issues of the day

Medicare for All.
Considering what is spent for insurance premiums and co-pays already, increasing my taxes by $3000 would still be a bargain.  People who wonder how to pay for it seem to forget about the outrageous premiums many people pay now.  Frankly, I'd prefer a system whereby those who choose to go into MfA can, and those who prefer to keep their private insurance can -- provided that they pay something to support MfA.

Free College.
I don't see how this will work as long as we're spending hundreds of billions on war and Amazon pays no taxes.  So stop spending so much on war and guarantee that corporations that make billions in profits pay at least millions in taxes..

Can a Democratic woman win?
Hillary's defeat soured many people on a woman.  Maybe she wasn't the RIGHT woman?  The primary process will winnow some people out (like all but one?), and my hope is that a woman will be in the final two in the race.  If a man wins, then he MUST choose a woman for VP.  And finally, if Dems do NOT get behind WHOMEVER is nominated, they can not complain when Trump wins again.

Does everyone need to carry a loaded gun all the time, everywhere?  
A local columnist wrote about going to a family restaurant where she was startled by a middle-aged man open-carrying a gun.  Here now, basically anyone can carry a gun almost anywhere, concealed or not, no permit needed.  What I don't understand is why middle-aged white male conservatives feel the NEED to carry, all the time, everywhere.  If they feel THAT threatened every time the leave their homes, maybe they need some psychological help.

Trump's not a racist.
So then why did he congratulate the #2 NFL pick, while ignoring the #1 pick?  The first pick is black, the second pick is a white supremacist.  Trump will be the first president since Truman in the late 1940s not to present the Teacher of the Year award.  The recipient is black.

How can they continue denying everything Trump does yet believe everything he says?
Trump's supporters say he's not racist, and that the Manafort, Gates, Flynn, and Cohen confessions are "propaganda" and not true.  Trump says Democratic abortion bill allows mothers and doctors to deliver babies, wrap them in swaddling clothes, then "execute" them.  And his supporters BELIEVE this!

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